Halloween Ends is the "final" film in this new Halloween series. This film features some of the best things in this new trilogy, but also features some of the worst things in this trilogy.
Starting off with the good Jamie Lee Curtis gives her best performance not just in these new films, but in the whole series. She is great and I loved what the did for the most part with her character. Also Rohan Campbell as Corey was really good. His character was very interesting in the beginning. The opening of this movie is well done, it's creepy and even a little shocking. The movies very well shot with some nice callbacks to the franchise. David Gordon Green also does a really good job directing. Some of the best directing in the series. There's one kill in here that really stands out that was not only bloody, but creative. And finally the final fight at the end of the film was very well done.
However this film really stumbles with this story. No spoilers but this film does something very different which while commendable makes for a very messy and unsatisfying finale. The movie surprisingly is really slow. It takes nearly 45 minutes for Micheal Myers to show up. This movie has the lowest kill count in the series which was disappointing. Certain characters like Lindsey Wallace have nothing to do in this film. The movie really seems like it forgot how to be a Halloween movie. I also didn't like how Corey ended up in the movie. They set up some intriguing things but it didn't pay off. Certain things in the finale just felt very weird and almost like the film didn't know where it wanted to go with the story. And finally this movie did not have nearly enough of the stakes or thrills to make it a good finale. It ends surprisingly far too quickly with only 15 minutes left for the movie to give us what we want. Laurie and Micheal.
Overall this is a very conflicting movie. It's not bad but very hard to really understand. Jamie Lee Curtis is great, it's well directed, and clearly has passion. But the story is a mess, the pacing is poor, and the decisions made in this movie really make it hard to call this a satisfying finale.
Starting off with the good Jamie Lee Curtis gives her best performance not just in these new films, but in the whole series. She is great and I loved what the did for the most part with her character. Also Rohan Campbell as Corey was really good. His character was very interesting in the beginning. The opening of this movie is well done, it's creepy and even a little shocking. The movies very well shot with some nice callbacks to the franchise. David Gordon Green also does a really good job directing. Some of the best directing in the series. There's one kill in here that really stands out that was not only bloody, but creative. And finally the final fight at the end of the film was very well done.
However this film really stumbles with this story. No spoilers but this film does something very different which while commendable makes for a very messy and unsatisfying finale. The movie surprisingly is really slow. It takes nearly 45 minutes for Micheal Myers to show up. This movie has the lowest kill count in the series which was disappointing. Certain characters like Lindsey Wallace have nothing to do in this film. The movie really seems like it forgot how to be a Halloween movie. I also didn't like how Corey ended up in the movie. They set up some intriguing things but it didn't pay off. Certain things in the finale just felt very weird and almost like the film didn't know where it wanted to go with the story. And finally this movie did not have nearly enough of the stakes or thrills to make it a good finale. It ends surprisingly far too quickly with only 15 minutes left for the movie to give us what we want. Laurie and Micheal.
Overall this is a very conflicting movie. It's not bad but very hard to really understand. Jamie Lee Curtis is great, it's well directed, and clearly has passion. But the story is a mess, the pacing is poor, and the decisions made in this movie really make it hard to call this a satisfying finale.